Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden: Britain's Supreme Court

Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 14:15:18 (IST)
NEWS FLASH Britain's Supreme Court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden over alleged sex crimes. "The request for Mr Assange's extradition has been lawfully made and his appeal against extradition is accordingly is dismissed," said Supreme Court president Nicholas Phillips. Assange, 40, has spent last two years fighting attempts to send him to the Scandinavian nation. He is best known for revealing hundreds of thousands of secret US documents. His secret-spilling work came under a cloud after two Swedish women accused him of molestation and rape following his visit to the country in mid-2010. Assange has denied any wrongdoing and refused to go to Sweden saying he doesn't believe he'll get a fair trial there.       Advertisement     Talk Storage and win cool gadgets »  Share your favourite Dell Storage Forum tweets on your Facebook, Linkedin or Twitter pages; write a slogan »   Win Dell Ultrabooks, Smartphones, and more.   Click here to participate in the Dell Storage Buzz Contest!   Unsubscribe   News updates @ www.ndtv.com

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